Back The Lay of Aotrou and Itroun Breton The Lay of Aotrou and Itroun Catalan The Lay of Aotrou and Itroun German La balada de Aotrou e Itroun Spanish Le Lai d'Aotrou et Itroun French Il lai di Aotrou e Itroun Italian 領主と奥方の物語 Japanese აოტრუს და იტრუნის ბალადა Georgian Баллада об Аотру и Итрун Russian 奧陶和伊陶的歌謠 Chinese
 Front cover of the 2016 hardback edition | |
| Editor | Verlyn Flieger |
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| Author | J.R.R. Tolkien |
| Language | English |
| Subject | Celtic mythology |
| Genre | Epic poetry |
| Published | 3 November 2016 (U.K.) |
| Publisher | HarperCollins Houghton Mifflin Harcourt |
| Publication place | United Kingdom |
| Media type | Print (hardback) |
| Pages | 128 |
| ISBN | 978-0008202132 |
| Preceded by | A Secret Vice |
| Followed by | Beren and Lúthien |
The Lay of Aotrou and Itroun is a poem of 508 lines, written by J. R. R. Tolkien in 1930 and published in Welsh Review in December 1945.
Aotrou and Itroun are Breton words for "lord" and "lady". The poem is modelled on the genre of the "Breton lay" popular in Middle English literature of the 12th century, and it explores the conflict of heroic or chivalric values and Christianity, and their relation to the institution of marriage.